280cm of solid French oak, the longest table we make. Two slabs run the length of a small mews, joined edge-to-edge into a 37mm-thick top and finished by hand in Wickford. Seats ten with elbow room and twelve at a Christmas push. From £2,535, including the steel base and free two-person delivery.
A 280cm table is a serious piece of furniture. It earns its place in a dedicated dining room or a substantial kitchen-diner extension, the kind of room where a 240cm would still leave you feeling slightly under-furnished. The top is two solid slabs of slow-grown French oak, 37mm thick, weighing about 110kg between them before the steel base goes anywhere near it. Properly built.
Period properties with dedicated formal dining: Georgian rectories, Edwardian villas, Cotswold farmhouses and refurbished mills. A 280cm × 110cm in natural oil, on a Spider single-pedestal base or Designer X steel legs, anchors a 6m-long room without dominating it. Pair it with two matching benches for a 14-seat banquette setup.
The newer wave of kitchen extensions (full-width single-storey rear additions of 6m or more) leaves a dining zone large enough for a 280cm. Common in Highams Park, Hampstead garden suburb, parts of the north Kent commuter belt, and around the wealthier Essex villages (Stondon Massey, Great Warley, Theydon Bois).
Self-catering homes and large family-only Airbnbs in the Lake District, Cornwall and Norfolk regularly want a single table that seats every guest at once. A 280cm × 110cm with X-frame steel and chocolate stain reads as luxe-rural and survives heavy holiday-let use. The ten-year structural guarantee still applies, with normal use marks expected.
At 280cm the proportions matter. We strongly recommend 100cm or 110cm width; narrower 80cm or 90cm widths will technically work, but the table starts to read as a long, thin plank rather than a serious dining table. Width upcharges scale with the timber: 100cm is +£235 over the 90cm baseline, 110cm is +£465, and 120cm is +£700.
For a 280cm top we'd recommend either the Spider single-pedestal base (a £620 upgrade that's clean and lets all ten chairs slide under) or the Designer X (a £265 upgrade that reads as visually substantial under a long top). The standard Box and Hairpin legs are structurally fine but tend to read as understated against the length.
Delivery note. The 280cm top ships as a single piece. We can route it through any standard UK doorway (760mm or wider), provided there's a clear 3m diagonal of access from the front door to the dining room. If there's a tight stairwell, a narrow side return, or sub-3m access, we'd suggest calling us on 01245 79 0182 to talk it through before ordering.
Two slabs of solid French oak joined edge-to-edge into a single 37mm top, finished by hand in Wickford, Essex. No veneer, no hollow underside.
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